Open Access<p>Efficacy and Molecular Effects of a Reduced Graphene Oxide/Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Nanocomposite in Photothermal Therapy Against Cancer</p>
Author(s) -
Claudia C Barrera,
Helena Groot,
Watson L. Vargas,
Diana María Narváez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s256760
Subject(s) - photothermal therapy , graphene , nanocomposite , viability assay , materials science , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , hela , oxide , raman spectroscopy , biophysics , cell , chemistry , biochemistry , biology , metallurgy , physics , optics
Expanded research on the biomedical applications of graphene has shown promising results, although interactions between cells and graphene are still unclear. The current study aims to dissect the cellular and molecular effects of graphene nanocomposite in photothermal therapy against cancer, and to evaluate its efficacy.